Mike Gavin

Mike Gavin (died 1865) was an American outlaw from the Midwest and a member of the Reno Gang. He was friends with Vance Reno until he said that he was going to turn himself in to the authorities after a train robbery in 1865, and Gavin planned to kill him to stop the lawmen from coming after him. However, he was captured before he could kill his own friend, although he did kill his brother Clint Reno before the lawmen subdued him.

Biography
Mike Gavin was from eastern Texas, and he served in the Confederate States Army's Randall's Cavalry Brigade during the American Civil War. He became friends with fellow Texan soldiers Vance Reno and his brother Brett and Ray, and they formed their own small cavalry raiding group. On 10 April 1865, they robbed a Union payroll train in Greenwood, Louisiana of $12,000, and the group split up when they discovered that the American Civil War was over; they knew that the lawmen would come looking for them. Later in April, Mike helped the fourth Reno brother, Clint, in freeing his brothers from a prison train after they were captured by lawmen. He grew angry when Vance revealed that he wanted everyone in the group to turn themselves in, as the lawmen promised amnesty if they did so. However, Gavin and two other Confederates were greedy, and they refused to turn themselves in. Later, Vance would approach Gavin and Clint and tell them that the whole hunt was over, and that they could go home; Gavin believed that Vance had brought lawmen with him. Gavin and Clint both shot Vance, wounding him, but a remorseful Clint shot at Gavin and the other Confederates when they attempted to loot his wounded body. Gavin killed Clint before attempting to flee, only to be captured by lawmen. He was probably hanged with the other two Confederates.